Lantern



(No Madel.)

J. G. SHULL.

LANTERN.

No. 526,068. Patented Sept. 18', 1894..

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JESPER C. SHULL, OF BRANOHPORT, NEW YORK.

LANTERN.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,058, datedSeptember 18, 1894.

I Application filed June 21, 1893. Serial No. 478,379. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ESPER O. SHULL, of Branchport, in the county ofYates, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Lanterns, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to lanterns but more particularly to thereceptacle for holding the oil, as a new article of manufacture.

My object is to produce a lantern having an oil reservoir provided withmeans for ascertaining the amount of oil contained within thereceptacle, so that when it is filled, it may be filled full withoutrunning over; and to that end my invention consists in the several newand novel features hereinafter described and which are specifically setforth in the claim hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1, is a View of a lantern showing the baseconstructed in accordance with my invention, as it appears when I desireto ascertain the amount of oil within the receptacle. Fig. 2, is a viewthereof, showing the base as it appears when in use. Fig. 3, is a topplan view of the base, the superstructure being removed.

A, is the oil receptacle of a lantern constructed of glass or othertransparent material, having the burner and chimney-supporting yokesecured therein in the ordinary way.

B, is a shell inclosing the top, bottom and sides of the oil receptacleand is provided I may readily look through the oil receptacle andascertain the height of the oil. After this has been done the band Omaybe moved around so as to occupy the position shown in Fig. 2, thatis, the openings upon the glass receptacle being covered and the glassthereby protected.

I have found by experience and practice that it is extremely difficultto fill a lantern full, without running it over, and for the purpose ofavoiding this, I have constructed the above described invention for thepurpose of ascertaining when the receptacle is full.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

In a lantern, the combination with an oil receptacle formed by suitabletransparent material, of a case or shell arranged around the oilreceptacle and entirely inclosing the same, said case having formedtherein, at diametrically opposite points openings sothat a ray of lightcan traverse the oil receptacle, and an annulus or'band fitted aroundsaid case and freely revoluble thereon, said annulus having a suitablethumb piece and openings adapted, when such annulus is properlyadjusted, to align with the openings in the case surrounding the oilreceptacle, substantially as shown and described, for the purposespecified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of June,1893.

J ESPER O. SHULL.

Witnesses:

O. B. KINNE, HOWARD P. DENISON.

